Ridge Run week: weekly rundown

Very short rundown today, since it was race week! The forthcoming race recap will likely be very long though.

Tuesday

1.9 miles, 810 feet elevation gain. One last trip up the ‘M’ just to remind my legs how climbing works. I kept a moderate pace, but still managed my 2nd fastest time up the steep way.

Thursday

1.9 neighborhood miles.

Saturday: Ridge Run

Race recap coming later this week. (I say this fully realizing I still haven’t written the recap of last month’s race.) Spoiler: I finished.

Finisher’s hat. (I was too lazy to retrieve the shirt from its drawer.)

On a related topic…has anyone gotten a blister on the bottom of a toe before? I’m waffling between draining it or leaving it. It doesn’t really hurt, but I also haven’t done much walking since the end of the race. Or worn shoes.

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I’m anxious to hear all the details of the race!!! I’m not a medical expert, but I have heard both sides of the “to pop or not to pop” blister debate. What works for me is to usually pop it (with a sterile pin/needle), then I keep it covered for a couple days to prevent any wear and tear on the compromised skin (as well as to keep it clean). I have had some un-popped blisters dry up and turn into nasty calluses, which seem to hurt more than the blister itself.

Congrats on finishing! My only blister was on the top side under my toenail. Wait, I did get a blister on a training run once — it wasn’t on the bottom, but it was bothering me so I drained it. A couple of times. It kept coming back.

Finally Rachel told me to rip it off, essentially — which is what I did, but gently. That worked.